How the Layouts of Grocery Stores are Secretly Designed to Make You Spend More Money | Wendover Productions
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How the Layouts of Grocery Stores are Secretly Designed to Make You Spend More Money | Wendover Productions

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 14, 20263 min
  • Business & money

How the Layouts of Grocery Stores are Secretly Designed to Make You Spend More Money Did you know that the way a grocery store is arranged is calculated to make you spend the most money profitable? In fact, the way the aisles are arranged can be the difference between a successful and failing grocery store.Email: [email protected] Twitter: @WendoverProAttributions: Airport Lounge- Kevin MacLeod Visuals provided by Wiki Commons Visuals licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Additional footage provided by VideoBlocks LLC Licenses available upon request Wendover Productions is all about explaining how our world works. From travel, to economics...

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design of grocery stores, so don't go complaining if your neighborhood tests go our safe ways

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So this topic probably doesn't sound very interesting, but I promise it's at least somewhat interesting. Keep in mind that everything I'm saying here is about the most efficient and profitable design of grocery stores, so don't go complaining if your neighborhood tests go our safe ways

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and exactly the same. But chances are the next time you go to a grocery store you'll notice at least some of these principles at work. Let's start with the entrance to the grocery store.

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Residents in particular love shopping in a counterclockwise path. For this reason, the door to the grocery store will typically be on the right-hand side in the United States and the checkout counters will be on the left. In the UK, it's often the opposite.

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